Mora County, New Mexico Hail Map & History
Mora County was hit as recently as 2026-08-19, 26 days ago. Mora County is hit in most years, and usually several times over. The largest stone on record here is 3 inches, a teacup and 3 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2014-06-08 near Shoemaker.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in New Mexico. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-08-19, around Mora. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Mora County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 37 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 2.2 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 48 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 2 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2018, with 6 hail days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 9 days since 2022.
4 of the 37 days reached 2 inches or more -- 11%, or about one hail day in 9, the last on 2023-07-15. They land in the same month as everything else, June. 11 of the 37 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of New Mexico, see the New Mexico hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Mora County
Reports cluster nearest Wagon Mound -- 11 of the county's 37 hail days -- then Buena Vista (4), Rainsville (4), Ocate (4) and Mora (3). Beyond those, NOAA names Guadalupita, Ojo Feliz, Chacon and Watrous on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista | 4 | 2.00″ |
| Rainsville | 4 | 1.75″ |
| 1 NW Ocate | 3 | 1.50″ |
| Wagon Mound | 3 | 1.50″ |
| 13 E Wagon Mound | 2 | 2.75″ |
When it hails in Mora County
The season runs June through August: 31 of the 37 hail days on record fall in those 3 months (84%). June is the single busiest month, with 13 of them (35%). That peak opens the window: the season starts at its worst and eases off from there. Hail has also been reported in May and September, outside that window. Reports span 5 of the 12 calendar months; the other 7 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| May | 5 |
| June | 13 |
| July | 6 |
| August | 12 |
| September | 1 |
Recent Mora County hail days
That day put 2 reports on the map, the biggest 1.75 inches near Mora. 3 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2026-08-01 | 1.50″ | 2 |
| 2026-06-02 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-08-11 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2025-08-01 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2024-07-05 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2023-07-15 | 2.75″ | 3 |
| 2023-07-05 | 1.75″ | 1 |
How to read the Mora County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 3 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: San Miguel County (54 hail days), Colfax County (65) and Harding County (28). Mora County sits in between.
San Miguel County · Colfax County · Harding County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Mora County, New Mexico only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.